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Mummified cat at the Louvre. Many human cultures buried animal remains. For example, the Ancient Egyptians mummified and buried cats, which they considered deities; one of the oldest known pet cemeteries, the Berenice pet cemetery, mainly used for cat burials, was found during the excavation of the Berenice Troglodytica seaport in 2011 and was used between the 1st and 2nd century CE. [1]
The Berenice pet cemetery is a pet cemetery in Berenike, Egypt, dating from the 1st–2nd century CE. It contains the remains of more than 580 individual animals including cats, dogs, and monkeys. It is among the oldest known animal cemeteries in the world. Unlike other animal burials in Egypt, none of the animals at Berenike were mummified ...
These animals were prepared by dehydrating the meats and wrapping it in linen bandages, to indicate that the animals were food, not pets. [11] They were not mummified to the same meticulous extent that a pet mummy or human mummy would be, but the animals were nonetheless carefully preserved using natron and other special salts. [11]
Now paleontologists can study those animals' frozen and mummified remains, revealing the Ice Age's secrets. In the Yukon gold fields, miners are making major paleontology discoveries.
Texas law doesn't allow pets to be buried next to humans in non-pet cemeteries. Bluebonnet Pet Cemetery in Dallas has been seeing an upswing in plots for people, owner David Stafford told WFAA-TV.
Some animal mummifications were performed to serve as sacred offerings to the deities who often took the form of animals such as cats, frogs, cows, baboons, and vultures. Other animals were mummified with the intention of being a food offering to humans in the afterlife. Mummy of a peregrine falcon c. 2000–1001 BCE
Burial in a pet cemetery: If you simply prefer burials, a proper pet cemetery is an option. Your pet will get a professional burial that will keep other animals away. Alkaline hydrolysis: This is ...
Among the mummified animals excavated in Gizeh, the African wildcat (Felis lybica) is the most common cat followed by the jungle cat (Felis chaus). [15] In view of the huge number of cat mummies found in Egypt, the cat cult was certainly important for the country's economy, as it required breeding of cats and a trading network for the supply of ...